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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2008
Hiroshi Sakai, Mizuho, JP;
Yukimasa Tamatsu, Okazaki, JP;
Ankur Datta, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Yaser Sheikh, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Takeo Kanade, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Hiroshi Sakai, Mizuho, JP;
Yukimasa Tamatsu, Okazaki, JP;
Ankur Datta, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Yaser Sheikh, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Takeo Kanade, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A camera of a ground-based information dispatch apparatus captures a blind-spot image, showing a region that is a blind spot with respect to a vehicle driver. A vehicle-mounted camera captures a forward-view image corresponding to the viewpoint of the driver, and the forward-view image is transmitted to the information dispatch apparatus together with vehicle position and direction information and camera parameters. Based on the received information, the blind-spot image is converted to a corresponding image having the viewpoint of the vehicle driver, and the forward-view image and viewpoint-converted blind-spot image are combined to form a synthesized image, which is transmitted to the vehicle.